Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Agaricus fimetarius in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 1174 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Agaricus fimetarius L.
original Latin description
Agaricus stipitatus, pileo campanulato lacero, lamellis nigris lateraliter flexuosus, stipite fistuloso.
English translation
Agaricus stipitate, with pileus campanulate [and] lacerate, with gills black [and] laterally flexuose, [and] with a stipe fistulose.
| Agaricus | Agaricus |
| stipitate, | stipitatus - nominative singular masculine of group A adjective stipitatus, -a, -um |
| with a pileus | pileo - ablative singular of 2nd declension masculine noun pileus, -i |
| campanulate | campanulato - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective campanulatus, -a, -um; modifies pileo |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| lacerate, | lacero - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective lacerus, -a, -um; modifies pileo |
| with gills | lamellis - ablative plural of 1st declension feminine noun lamella, -ae |
| black | nigris - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective niger, nigra, nigrum; modifies lamellis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| laterally | lateraliter - adverb |
| flexuous, | flexuosus [error, should be flexuosis] - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective flexuosus, -a, -um/i>; modifies lamellis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with a stipe | stipite - ablative singular of 3rd declension masculine noun stipes, stipitis |
| fistulose. | fistuloso - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective fistulosus, -a, -um |